Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Below are the mitigations provided in the alert: Install updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Government has offered a $10 million reward for information on the threat actors. Backup and Restoration: Keep offline backups of data and execute backup and restore on a regular basis. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. Attackers were exploiting the flaw in the attempt to access multiple government, commercial, and technology services networks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. Update software , including operating systems, applications, and firmware on IT network assets, in a timely manner.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions. Vicious insider. Shadow IoT Devices.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

In fact, an October 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that loss of learning following a cyberattack ranged from three days to three weeks, with recovery time taking anywhere from two to nine months. Secure data storage is also a requirement of FERPA.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The stakes are even higher for businesses, government and other organizations, as successful attacks can be devastating to operations and sensitive data. Secure practices like robust admin passwords and advanced encryption ensure control over traffic, safeguarding personal information and increasing the odds of a secure online experience.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There is no concrete method to follow as it will rely on contents of the decomposed design from Step 2, but typical examples might include the following: Intellectual property in the device firmware. Deploy malicious firmware. Use AES encryption. link] [link] Have a software/firmware update mechanism. Encrypt in transit.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Governments, nonprofits, and schools—some forced to close their doors—didn’t escape unscathed. Services—a catch-all term encompassing service-providing sectors such as transportation, travel, finance, health, education, information, government, and a myriad of other industries—was targeted the most by cybercriminals.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Ransomware: Encryption, Exfiltration, and Extortion. Ransomware perpetrators of the past presented a problem of availability through encryption. Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. Detect Focus on encryption Assume exfiltration. Also Read: Cybersecurity Becomes A Government Priority.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Security best practices for encryption key storage, management and protection is critical to protecting valuable data wherever it is located, but implementing the security requirements needed by your organization as well as those of regulatory governing and audit bodies can be a challenge. The latest firmware version 7.3.3,

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

For example, the BlackTech cyber-espionage ATP group, suspected to be backed by the Chinese government, sent emails containing Excel files with malicious macros to Japanese and Taiwanese corporations in the defense technology, media, and communications sectors. The most devastating APT attacks tend to be created by governments.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Ransomware attacks: Ransomware is malware extortion attack that encrypts a victim’s files, demanding a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. In order to do this, infected systems must be isolated, malicious components must be eliminated, backup data must be restored, and regular operations must be resumed.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Government of a spike in Ryuk attacks being launched against hospitals and tells the AP that Ryuk operators are threatening much more. Once dropped, Ryuk uses AES-256 to encrypt files and an RSA public key to encrypt the AES key.". Patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as manufacturers release updates.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

It seems that the decision to offer its “full support of Russian government” in February, following the invasion of Ukraine, may have been a fatal error. Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Known ransomware attacks by group, May 2022. Ransomware mitigations.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

While this sensitive payment data is only available for milliseconds before passing the encrypted numbers to back-end systems, attackers can still access millions of records. The most common malware variants encrypt a system or specific files, pausing any work from being done until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. Description.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. We could not find one ready to use; however, the web interface has an option to backup and export settings which relies on tarring a folder containing a handful of files and encrypting it with AES using a user-provided password.

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SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

However, they can learn to mitigate the impact more effectively (for example, through better securing the most confidential data, and with proper backup and incident response plans). Potential victims are unlikely to become immune to attacks any time soon. Vehicle manufacturers and service providers sometimes do likewise.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not? This includes best practices.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not? This includes best practices.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not? This includes best practices.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

We identified a Windows variant of this sample using the same string encryption algorithm, internal modules, and functionalities. In late 2021, we encountered a malicious DXE driver incorporated into several UEFI firmware images that were flagged by our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Secure remote access : Enables encrypted connections between internal network resources and remote users using a variety of methods.

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